Puka Nacua or Jayden Daniels: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Puka Nacua at 5.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 18.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

Puka Nacua's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 34 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 17 of 24 targets for 138 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 98 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Puka Nacua was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 6.7 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 and Jayden Daniels QB34, which are two different ladders.

Puka Nacua is a wide receiver and Jayden Daniels a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Puka Nacua is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

What would change the answer

Puka Nacua is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.